AZG Armenian Daily #069, 15/04/2006

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SADOYAN’S SUPPOSITIONS ABOUT ARTASHES TUMANIAN’S
RESIGNATION
Arshak Sadoyan, deputy of RA National Assembly, states
that the resignation of Artashes Tumanian from his
position of the head of RA President’s Staff was
conditioned by the negotiations with Iran for
construction of the fifth block of Hrazdan HPP.
According to him, in January of 2006, the
Armenian-Iranian Interparliamentary Commission led by
Tumanian achieved an agreement to hand the
construction of Hrazdan -5 to Iran. As a result,
certain problems aroused with “Gazprom.” That’s why
the Armenian authorities decided to fire Tumanian,
explaining this decision by Tumanian’s determination
to found a party. But already on March 16, Tumanian
withdrew the leadership of newly founded party. While
Ra president signed the decree on resignation of
Tumanian from his position on February 24.
By Nana Petrosian

AZG Armenian Daily #069, 15/04/2006

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PRIVATIZATION DONE THROUGH DIRECT SELLING
The privatization profits increased by about 57% in
Armenia and amounted to $80 million in 2005, as
compared to $ 51 million in 2004. Ashot Markosian,
deputy head of RA State Property Management
Department, informed that the privatization revenue
was secured thanks to the sale of the Zangezur Copper
Molybdenum Plant. The total price of the ZCMP amounted
to $132 million. The first $45 million was paid in
2004, while $87 million in 2005. A part of the plant’s
cost was allocated to the budget of Syunik region,
where the plant is situated.
Meanwhile, the profits from privatization of minor
objects totaled to AMD 152 million and the sale of the
unfinished construction objects made AMD 141 million.
In total, 64 enterprises were privatized in Armenia,
including 37 direct sale deals, 22 competition deals
and 5 auctions, in 2005. Last year, 69 enterprises
became private property objects, Markosian said.

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NO USED TOYS, SHOES AND PCS TO ENTER ARMENIA
145 organizations carried out charity programs costing
AMD 41,84 billion in 2005. Simon Ter-Simonian,
chairman of RA Commission for Coordination of
Benevolence Programs at RA Government, said this to a
press conference April 13. He added that various
organizations carried out works and provided with
services costing AMD 26,92 billion. Besides, the
benevolence organizations sent to Armenia 14,92
billion of humanitarian aid. Simonian stated that the
import of the humanitarian aid decreased by 3,5
billion, as compared to the data of 2004. He explained
this by the ban on import of used Pentium 1 and
Pentium 2 computers and toys. Ter-Simonian said that
many organizations used to import second-hand
computers to Armenia, as their utilization would cost
much cheaper here. He said that he will put ban on
importing Pentium 3 computers within the framework of
benevolence programs this year.
Almost 70% of the humanitarian aid imported in Armenia
are drugs and medical equipment. Such countries as the
USA, Switzerland, Iran and Germany rendered
humanitarian aid to Armenia in 2005.
From: Baghdasarian

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CONFESSION OR ABSOLUTION WITH A DELAY OF THREE YEARS
[06:54 pm] 14 April, 2006
Today, three years after the 2003 Presidential
elections, Spartak Eghiazaryan, head of the Aragatsotn
region Oshakan village Local Electoral Committee
N0430, made a startling revelation. He had turned to
secretary of the National Unity faction Alexan
Karapetyan who had brought him to the NA.
He confessed that three elections in a row he did what
he was told by the authorities and fabricated the
results of the elections. In particular, during the
Presidential election they declared that 60% of the
votes were for Kocharyan, whereas in fact Kocharyan
had gathered only 12% of the votes. He was only in the
third place after Demirchyan and Geghamyan. Ad during
the Constitutional referendum, according to Spartak
Eghiazaryan, only 60 people has voted, with 30 votes
for the draft, 22 against, and 8 invalid ballots. But
they represented 1649 ballots.
Spartak Eghiazaryan confessed that he accepts his
fault and is ready to take punishment, but he also
said that he did what he did for fear, `I have two
children who are students. I feared fro them,’
Eghiazaryan confessed and informed that he has
informed all the possible instances about his crime:
the Prosecutor, the President and the Defense
Minister.
`But what can the Prosecutor do? If he devotes his
time to this kind of thinks, who will organize the
tree planting?’ said Viktor Dallakyan, secretary of
the Justice faction.
Levon Lazarian, head of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation faction, noted that the NA is not a church
where he can be given absolution; there are
corresponding structures for it which must investigate
the case, and the court must take into account the
sincere confession and give a mild punishment.
By the way, Spartak Eghiazaryan promised the
journalists to tell more interesting things. Asked a
question if he is not afraid now, he answered, `You
can’t live with fear in your heart all your life.’

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ULP EXPECTS SUCCESS
[06:55 pm] 14 April, 2006
Gourgen Arsenyan, head of the United Labor Party
faction, predicted at the journalists’ request what
political powers will be represented in the Parliament
formed in 2007.
`The ULP will be there by all means, as well as the
Republican party, the National Unity, the ARF, the
Orinats Yerkir, plus one of the newly formed party
(Arsenyan did not mentioned whether he meant
`Prospering Armenia’ or the `Alliance’), the Justice
bloc will not be represented as it is, but probably
some of its components will be’, said Gourgen
Arsenyan.
Viktor Dallakyan, secretary of the Justice faction
informed that the bloc as it is was a pre-election
structure and he did not exclude the possibility that
it will not preserve the same format, but he said it
operates today and there can be no doubt about it. As
for the People’s Party, according to Dallakyan, it
will be represented in the Parliament in contrast to
the ULP.
The other Parliamentary powers abstained from making
predictions saying that the people are to elect and
only they can decided the structure of the Parliament.

PanARMENIAN.Net
Students Supporting Safarov Clashed with Police

14.04.2006 23:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Chairman of the Karabakh Liberation
Organization (KLO) Akif Naghi and its member Manaf
Karimov were detained by the police when they wanted
to join the students who were holding a rally in
support of Ramil Safarov. The police detained ten more
activists.
The protesting students were shouting slogans-`Release
Ramil Safarov!’, `We are proud of Ramil’. The police
forces encircled the territory. The police forces
could not disperse the insistent demonstrators. The
protestors declared they will hold a rally again near
the Azizbayov monument at 13.30 on 17 April.
Deputy chief of Sabayil district police station Kamal
Valishov leading the police forces to disperse the
protesting students told APA that they provided
conditions for the students to hold protest action to
a certain extent. He also said that any further
attempt to hold unsanctioned rally will be prevented.
KLO chief Akif Naghi were interrogated at the police
station and taken to Yasamal district court. Then he
received a notice and was released, reported APA news agency.

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THE CHRISTIANS WILL CELEBRATE EASTER
[06:56 pm] 14 April, 2006
more images This year Armenian Apostolic Church
celebrates the Holy Resurrection of Christ on April
16. The celebration is also called «Easter» which
means giving up the sins and return to God. Easter is
the greatest Christian holiday.
The resurrection of Christ became the basis for the
Christian belief. On this day the Christians dye eggs.
The egg is the symbol for resurrection and a new life.
And the red color symbolizes the blood Jesus poured
for the salvation of the humanity.
As for the custom of egg dyeing, Saint Grigor
Tatevatsi said, `The egg is an example of the world:
the shell is like the sky, the membrane is the air,
the egg-white is the water and the yolk is the earth.
The red color symbolizes the salvation of the world by
the blood of the Christ’.

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NEW VERGES OF ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN COOPERATION
[07:38 pm] 14 April, 2006
`There can be no judicial reforms in the country
without the will of the political leaders,’ announced
Constantine Kublashvili, the head of the Supreme Court
of Georgia, during a joint press conference in Yerevan
with the head of the RA Court of Cassation.
Before the press conference the two officials signed a
memorandum about `Mutual cooperation and exchange of
judicial information’. `The memorandum will contribute
to our cooperation, the organization of different
joint conferences and seminars, which will allow our
countries to use more efficient mechanisms while
realizing judicial reforms and to avoid the mistakes
made by the neighbors,’ said Hovhannes Manoukyan, head
of the RA Court of Cassation.
Hovhannes Manoukyan was interested in the experience
of Georgia in the combat against corruption.
Constantine Kublashvili informed that during the
judicial reforms in Georgia 15 decisions have been
made against high officials.
Mr. Manoukyan was also interested in the salary of the
Georgian judges, `The salary of the Georgian judges is
twice as much as that of the Armenian judges, but even
that is enough got the independence of the judges’.
By the way, at the end of April a joint seminar will
be held in Tbilisi with the participation of the court
system representative of the Transcaucasian countries
on the initiative of the German court system.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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PARUYR HAYRIKYAN ADMIRES SAAKASHVILI
[06:05 pm] 14 April, 2006
Paruyr Hayrikyan, the head of the Union for National
Self-Determination, is convinced that in the closest
future the Armenians in Georgia and the Georgians in
Armenia will feel at home. According to him, this is
conditioned by the elimination of the Russian military
bases in Georgia. Hayrikyan claims that Armenia must
follow the example of Georgia.
The head of the Union for National Self-Determination
has sent a message to the Georgian President Mikhail
Sahakashvili which says, «I congratulate you on and
the Georgian nation on the liberation of the nation
from the last bases of the Russian imperialism». Mr.
Hayrikyan is convinced that the reason for the
conflicts in the Armenian-Georgian relations is Russia
whose `espionage activities have been revealed by
Georgia’.
As for the problems of the Armenians in Javakhq, the
desecration of the Armenian cemeteries and the
eviction of the Armenian living in Tbilisi from their
houses and the intolerance towards the Armenians in
general, Hayrikyan says, `It is done not by the
Georgian authorities but the criminal organizations’.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Panorama.am
14:55 14/04/06

DEMOCRATIZED TURKEY IS IN THE INTERESTS OF ARMENIA
`The tendency of Turkey to be included in EU is in the
national interest of Armenia as well as to see Turkey
democratized,’ announced the analyst of `Institute of
Civil Society and Regional Development’ Shushan
Khatlamajyan in the course of the seminar `The Process
of Euro integration and regulation of regional
conflicts’.
As she said that is the official position of our
republic. In the meantime according to public opinion
polls the public opinion doesn’t support this
viewpoint. `The great difference between the public
opinion and the official policy is a challenge to our
state security,’ the analyst thinks. Thus, as she
explains, if the radical nationalists win the election
in Turkey, it is well-known what the Armenian-Turkish
relation will look like. According to the information
Khatlamajyan possesses the number of people, who think
the EU plays an unfair game with them, is increasing.
And up to now no serious research has been carried out
in the country to find out what people think about the
perspective of being included into the EU.
Yet, as the expert thinks, recently in the course of
summit talks with the European figures the Armenian
side announced opinions which strangely have much in
common with Turkish arguments. `For example, Turkey
says one shouldn’t connect its relation with Armenia
and Cyprus with being included in the EU, as these are
different processes. Our President and Foreign
Minister say the same despite the fact that among the
main conditions to be included into the EU the
regulation of conflicts and activation of regional
cooperation are stated,’ S. Khatlamajyan said.
/Panorama.am/